Tax Deductions and Credits What Are the Standard Mileage Rates? Read the Article Open Share Drawer Share this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Written by TurboTaxLisa Published Jun 7, 2024 - [Updated Dec 20, 2024] 2 min read Reviewed by Jotika Teli, CPA Lena Hanna, CPA Whenever you drive for business, medical reasons, or in support of a charitable organization, you may be able to get a mileage deduction and save money on your taxes. The IRS has announced the 2025 standard mileage rates to help you write off some of the costs of driving your car for these purposes. The standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups, or panel trucks) for 2025 are: 70 cents per mile for business miles driven 21 cents per mile driven for medical purposes 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations The standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) for 2024 are: 67 cents per mile for business miles driven 21 cents per mile driven for medical purposes 14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations The standard mileage rate for a business is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile, and the rate for medical purposes is based on the variable costs. In general, you can only claim the deduction if you use your personal vehicle for your business, medical, or charitable purposes. For example, if you use a vehicle that was purchased by a business, you cannot claim business mileage. *Under the tax reform, you can no longer deduct mileage for moving unless you are active duty military, so the standard mileage rate for moving is not included. Table of Contents Business MileageMedical MileageCharitable Mileage Business Mileage With business mileage, your commute to your regular place of business cannot be deducted when you’re an employee. However, if you are self-employed, any driving you do directly related to your business, like meeting with a client or going to a networking event, may be deductible business mileage. Employees in 2017 who had unreimbursed expenses for driving somewhere for work outside of their regular office were able to take the standard mileage deduction on their 2017 taxes. However, under the tax reform, miscellaneous expenses like unreimbursed mileage are no longer deductible through December 31, 2025. Medical Mileage Good news! You can claim medical miles if you drive to receive medical care, which includes you, your spouse, or your children. The amount of this deduction is added to your medical deduction. If you are able to itemize your tax deductions and if your total medical expenses exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income, you can potentially receive a tax deduction for those medical miles. Charitable Mileage You can also claim charitable mileage for the driving you do in service of a recognized 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Another good reason to volunteer your time! Come tax time, don’t worry about knowing these tax rules. No matter what moves you made last year, TurboTax will make them count on your taxes. Whether you want to do your taxes yourself or have a TurboTax expert file for you, we’ll make sure you get every dollar you deserve and your biggest possible refund – guaranteed. Get started Previous Post 5 Money Saving Tax Tips for the Self-Employed Next Post Student Loan Options When You’re Self-Employed Written by Lisa Greene-Lewis Lisa has over 20 years of experience in tax preparation. Her success is attributed to being able to interpret tax laws and help clients better understand them. She has held positions as a public auditor, controller, and operations manager. Lisa has appeared on the Steve Harvey Show, the Ellen Show, and major news broadcast to break down tax laws and help taxpayers understand what tax laws mean to them. For Lisa, getting timely and accurate information out to taxpayers to help them keep more of their money is paramount. More from Lisa Greene-Lewis Follow Lisa Greene-Lewis on Twitter. 40 responses to “What Are the Standard Mileage Rates?” « Older Comments Newer Comments » I’ve used TurboTax now for three years and the option to select the standard $0.54 per mile deduction is no longer shown as an option. Anyone else figure out how to locate this very critical deduction? The standard just assigns some arbitrary amount and I drive for work. I need that $0.54 per mile option! Hope someone out there has the answer. TurboTax does not. Reply Hey Laura, so the real question would be if you are a w2 or 1099 employee. If you’re not an independent contractor and self employed (self employed get a 1099) and you are instead employed by a company that gives you a w2 chances are you’ll not get any deduction for mileage this year unless you either drove a ton or you have a ton of deductions. The major change in the new 2018 tax law was that it eliminated the dependant exemptions AND increased standard deductions to 12,000 per person (24,000 if filing as married) so to get a mileage deduction you’ll need all deductions to be over 12,000 or $24,000 depending on if you’re married filing jointly. Chances are if you’re inputting mileage on your tax software and it’s not moving the needle it’s cuz the mileage isn’t as much as the standard deduction. Reply As an employee you can no longer deduct. Is turbo tax search bar you can see why. This sucks!!!! Reply Turbo tax will not let me enter a depreciation amount for the condo I rent under the section of rental property. It makes me enter items like basis and date property was changed to business. I entered these correctly, but since I do straight line depreciation- I know what the depreciation should be. It is the same every year. But the answer turbo tax computes is more than double the correct depreciation. Do you know any way to override the depreciation amount so that I can enter a number? Thank you. Reply Where can I put (form, line #) milage travel for Dr. visits and lab work? There have been increased travel this year. Also with a self owned business (antique sales) with space rented in a “mall environment” is there a specific line to put the travel expense as well as keeping a storage unit for merchandise to move in/out of shop? Reply Lisa, I am in Business Development and average 35-40k business miles per year. I do receive a vehicle allowance of 800.00 non taxed per month. What can I do here ? Reply is my mortgage interest is tax deductible for 2018 filling? Thanks Reply HI LISA WHAT IS THE OTHER WAY TO CLAIM UNREIMBURSED MILES BECAUSE IM WORKING FOR A ELECTRICAL COMPANY DOING SERVICE CALL I DRIVE 125 MILES EVERY DAY Reply My daughter drove her sister to many medical appointments and is being reimbursed for mileage. She thinks she has to pay income tax on this. Does she not get to deduct from the reimbursement the 18 cents per mile driven to arrive at taxable amount? Where can I find literature about this? Reply My npo reimburses at .44 per mile. Can i deduct the differece? Reply Am I to inundersta that there are no deductions for mileage this year, job related? Reply I have a quick question. I believe their are deductions FOR AGI and deductions people refer to that could fall under itemized. My wife is a Uber driver and its essentially her own business, could she deduct the mileage driven only when she is online for Uber. Reply Hi Lisa Can mileage be claimed where we drive to and from my wife’s 96 year old aunt to clean her apartment once per week? Thank you Russ Reply Does this include miles driven to see a child in the hospital? My daughter was a micro preemie born at 1 lb 4 oz and we drove 3.5 hours almost every day to see her in the hospital for 7 months. Reply « Older Comments Newer Comments » Leave a ReplyCancel reply Browse Related Articles Tax Deductions and Credits The IRS Announces 2017 Standard Mileage Rates Tax Tips Charitable Work Helps Your Bottom Line Tax Deductions and Credits Are You a PTA Parent? 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I’ve used TurboTax now for three years and the option to select the standard $0.54 per mile deduction is no longer shown as an option. Anyone else figure out how to locate this very critical deduction? The standard just assigns some arbitrary amount and I drive for work. I need that $0.54 per mile option! Hope someone out there has the answer. TurboTax does not. Reply
Hey Laura, so the real question would be if you are a w2 or 1099 employee. If you’re not an independent contractor and self employed (self employed get a 1099) and you are instead employed by a company that gives you a w2 chances are you’ll not get any deduction for mileage this year unless you either drove a ton or you have a ton of deductions. The major change in the new 2018 tax law was that it eliminated the dependant exemptions AND increased standard deductions to 12,000 per person (24,000 if filing as married) so to get a mileage deduction you’ll need all deductions to be over 12,000 or $24,000 depending on if you’re married filing jointly. Chances are if you’re inputting mileage on your tax software and it’s not moving the needle it’s cuz the mileage isn’t as much as the standard deduction. Reply
As an employee you can no longer deduct. Is turbo tax search bar you can see why. This sucks!!!! Reply
Turbo tax will not let me enter a depreciation amount for the condo I rent under the section of rental property. It makes me enter items like basis and date property was changed to business. I entered these correctly, but since I do straight line depreciation- I know what the depreciation should be. It is the same every year. But the answer turbo tax computes is more than double the correct depreciation. Do you know any way to override the depreciation amount so that I can enter a number? Thank you. Reply
Where can I put (form, line #) milage travel for Dr. visits and lab work? There have been increased travel this year. Also with a self owned business (antique sales) with space rented in a “mall environment” is there a specific line to put the travel expense as well as keeping a storage unit for merchandise to move in/out of shop? Reply
Lisa, I am in Business Development and average 35-40k business miles per year. I do receive a vehicle allowance of 800.00 non taxed per month. What can I do here ? Reply
HI LISA WHAT IS THE OTHER WAY TO CLAIM UNREIMBURSED MILES BECAUSE IM WORKING FOR A ELECTRICAL COMPANY DOING SERVICE CALL I DRIVE 125 MILES EVERY DAY Reply
My daughter drove her sister to many medical appointments and is being reimbursed for mileage. She thinks she has to pay income tax on this. Does she not get to deduct from the reimbursement the 18 cents per mile driven to arrive at taxable amount? Where can I find literature about this? Reply
I have a quick question. I believe their are deductions FOR AGI and deductions people refer to that could fall under itemized. My wife is a Uber driver and its essentially her own business, could she deduct the mileage driven only when she is online for Uber. Reply
Hi Lisa Can mileage be claimed where we drive to and from my wife’s 96 year old aunt to clean her apartment once per week? Thank you Russ Reply
Does this include miles driven to see a child in the hospital? My daughter was a micro preemie born at 1 lb 4 oz and we drove 3.5 hours almost every day to see her in the hospital for 7 months. Reply